09-12-2022, 08:13 AM
Is Warren Buffett/Berkshire relevant to public stock market investing?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Is Berkshire's success even related to the public stock markets? Isn't it essentially a holding company that does a long-term/less parasitic version of private equity? This does not seem comparable to investing in the public (especially secondary) stock market, whether actively or passively.</p> <p>Not sure if I'm missing something, or if the Warren Buffett name dropping (re: stocks) is just for YT clickbait reasons?</p> <p>Especially considering how he recommends passive index investing in his annual letters.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mastian91"> /u/Mastian91 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/xbpcx0/is_warren_buffettberkshire_relevant_to_public/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/xbpcx0/is_warren_buffettberkshire_relevant_to_public/">[comments]</a></span>
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Is Berkshire's success even related to the public stock markets? Isn't it essentially a holding company that does a long-term/less parasitic version of private equity? This does not seem comparable to investing in the public (especially secondary) stock market, whether actively or passively.</p> <p>Not sure if I'm missing something, or if the Warren Buffett name dropping (re: stocks) is just for YT clickbait reasons?</p> <p>Especially considering how he recommends passive index investing in his annual letters.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mastian91"> /u/Mastian91 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/xbpcx0/is_warren_buffettberkshire_relevant_to_public/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/xbpcx0/is_warren_buffettberkshire_relevant_to_public/">[comments]</a></span>